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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
107 AM MDT Mon Sep 30 2024

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST
WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...

.A strong cold front will cross the region this morning. Winds
will shift to the northwest behind the front and gust over 50
mph. Relative humidity will fall to below 20 percent later today,
especially over southwest to south central South Dakota,
supporting continued critical fire weather conditions.

SDZ323>335-302215-
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Northern Foot Hills-Eastern Foot Hills-Custer County Plains-
Pine Ridge Area-Butte County Area-Perkins County-
West Central Plains-Ziebach County-Haakon County Area-
Badlands Area-Bennett County Area-Mellette and Todd Counties-
Tripp County-
107 AM MDT Mon Sep 30 2024 /207 AM CDT Mon Sep 30 2024/

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 332,
333, 334, AND 335...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 323 Northern Foot Hills,
  324 Eastern Foot Hills, 325 Custer County Plains, 326 Pine
  Ridge Area, 327 Butte County Area, 328 Perkins County, 329
  West Central Plains, 330 Ziebach County, 331 Haakon County
  Area, 332 Badlands Area, 333 Bennett County Area, 334 Mellette
  and Todd Counties and 335 Tripp County.

* WINDS...Northwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. Wind
  gusts over 60 mph can be expected over far northwest SD and on
  the plains just east of the Black Hills this morning.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative
  humidity will produce critical fire weather conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

&&

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SDZ319>322-WYZ314>318-302215-
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Northern Black Hills-Central Black Hills-Southern Black Hills-
Fall River County Area-Northern Campbell-Southern Campbell-
Crook County Plains-Weston County Plains-Wyoming Black Hills-
107 AM MDT Mon Sep 30 2024

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, AND 322...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 314 Northern Campbell, 315
  Southern Campbell, 316 Crook County Plains, 317 Weston County
  Plains, 318 Wyoming Black Hills, 319 Northern Black Hills, 320
  Central Black Hills, 321 Southern Black Hills and 322 Fall
  River County Area.

* WINDS...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 16 percent.

* IMPACTS...The combination of gusty winds and low relative
  humidity will produce critical fire weather conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

&&

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